JALANDHAR: A person from Punjab returned from Lebanon after 23 years – 18 of these years spent stranded in that risky nation – as a result of he had misplaced his passport there in 2006 and all subsequent makes an attempt to return dwelling failed.
By the point he bought dwelling, one of many two sons he had left behind had a son of his personal.
Gurtej Singh, of Mattewara village in Ludhiana, managed to return to India and was reunited together with his household after Rajya Sabha MP Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal took up his case with the ministry of exterior affairs, which then facilitated his return.
Gurtej, who belongs to Mazhabi Sikh neighborhood, returned to his village on Sept 6 after having left in 2001. Your complete village celebrated his return.
Within the 23 years he was away, Gurtej misplaced his father and brother. “I used to be working in a manufacturing facility in Ludhiana however was discovering it tough to maintain the household. I considered transferring overseas and organized Rs 1 lakh, demanded by a journey agent. Initially I used to be flown to Jordan, from the place I used to be sneaked into Syria, after which to Lebanon. In 2006, I misplaced my passport after which all my makes an attempt to return failed. I used to be working there within the fields, and it was horrifying as a result of lengthy battle within the area,” Gurtej recalled.
Baba Seechewal advised TOI that Gurtej had been making rounds of the Indian embassy in Lebanon, however each time the embassy officers would ask him to get some proof.
